WilmerHale Named Winner/Finalist in The American Lawyer’s 2025 New England Legal Awards

WilmerHale Named Winner/Finalist in The American Lawyer’s 2025 New England Legal Awards

Recognition

WilmerHale and its lawyers have been recognized as finalists and recipients of awards across various categories in The American Lawyer’s annual New England Legal Awards. 

The New England Legal Awards stand as a distinguished celebration of professional excellence within the legal community across Connecticut, Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Rhode Island, according to AMLaw.

A gala will be held in Boston on October 23 to announce the winners in each finalist category and to celebrate the outstanding contributions and achievements made by legal professionals within the region.

WilmerHale honorees include: 

  • Rising Stars Winner – Erika Schutzman
  • Litigation Departments of the Year: Commercial Litigation Winner – WilmerHale
  • Litigation Departments of the Year: Intellectual Property Winner – WilmerHale
  • Attorney of the Year Finalist – Felicia Ellsworth
  • Intellectual Property Attorney of the Year Finalist – Kevin Prussia
  • Social Impact Finalist – Kevin Prussia 
  • Most Promising Newcomer Finalist – Ellen Stephano 
  • Legal Innovators & Disruptors Finalist – WilmerHale’s IP Litigation group
  • Law Firm of the Year Finalist – WilmerHale
  • Litigation Departments of the Year: Appellate Finalist –WilmerHale 
  • Litigation Departments of the Year: Business Litigation Finalist – WilmerHale
  • Litigation Departments of the Year: General Litigation Finalist – WilmerHale 
  • Litigation Departments of the Year: Labor and Employment Finalist – WilmerHale 

View the full list of winners and finalists in The American Lawyer.

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